Explaining the silence: I was out of town for the weekend in the land of no high-speed Internet access, also known as “Mom’ house.” Thanks to the GOLUMites, including ex-co-blogger Brock, and Alfie for a nice send-off last night, and to the folks who relieved me of a backseat-full of computer bits and pieces. I didn’t get to see everyone I wanted to see, but such is life…

Also: SN will be offline for a few days (probably Friday through Tuesday, perhaps longer) while I physically move the computer; I’m supposed to have my Internet access installed in Durham Tuesday afternoon, so hopefully the blog will be up and running again sometime that evening.